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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
All serving employees to get "Disability Compensation" , if they get disabled in the line of duty: Dr Jitendra Singh
Order to provide a huge relief to young Central Armed Police Force  personnel
In a significant New Year announcement, Union Minister of State  Development of North Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today informed of the government decision to extend "Disability Compensation" for all serving employees, if they get disabled in the line of duty while performing their service and are retained in service in spite of such disablement.
Today’s order will particularly provide a huge relief to young Central Armed Police Force  personnel like CRPF, BSF, CISF, etc since disability in performance of duties is generally reported in their case due to constraints of job requirement as well as hostile or difficult work - environment.
Pertinent to mention that this new order will remove an anomaly in service rules, considering the hardship faced by the employees, since as per the earlier OM dated 5/5/2009, the provisions of disability benefits under Central Civil Services  Rules did not provide such compensation to those government servants who were appointed on or after 1.1.2004 and covered under National Pension System . However, with the new order issued by the Department of Pensions in the Ministry of Personnel, the employees covered under NPS will also get benefits under Rule  of Extra Ordinary Pension .
In other words, if a government servant gets disabled while performing his duties and this disablement is attributed to government service, in that case if he is still retained in the service in spite of disablement, a lump sum compensation will be paid to him by arriving at the capitalized value of the disability element, with reference to the Commutation Table in force from time to time.
Expressing his satisfaction on today’s order, Dr. Jitendra Singh said, the Modi Government is making all efforts to simplify the rules and to do away with discriminatory clauses. The ultimate objective of all these new initiatives is to provide ease of living for the Government servants even after they have superannuated and become pensioners or family pensioners or elder citizens, he said.
In another employee-friendly decision, the Ministry of Personnel recently did away with minimum qualifying service of 10 years for pension, if a government servant is incapacitated due to bodily or medical infirmity and retired from government service. Accordingly, Rule 38 of CCS  Rules was amended to provide Invalid Pension at 50% of the last pay, even if the employee had not completed minimum qualifying service of 10 years.
In addition to above, in yet another reform in the Pension Rules, a decision was also taken to amend the rule and provide pension at enhanced rate to the family of an employee who died during service before completing the requisite service of minimum 7 years. As a result, now the family pension of 50% of the last pay is also admissible to the family of employees who die even before completing 7 years of service.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Draft notification issued mandating installation of air-conditioning system in cabins of motor vehicles belonging to categories N2 and N3, manufactured from 1st January 2025 onwards
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways  has issued a draft notification dated 10 July 2023 mandating the installation of air-conditioning system in the cabins of motor vehicles belonging to categories N2 and N3, manufactured from 1st January 2025 onwards.
The performance testing of the cabin fitted with air-conditioning system shall be as per IS 14618: 2022, as amended from time to time. Comments / suggestions have been invited from the stakeholders within 30 days from the date of notification. These can be sent on comments-morth[at]gov[dot]in
Click here to see the gazette notification
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Celebration of 6th day of Janaushadhi Diwas Week 2021
The 6th day of Jan Aushadhi Diwas 2021 week was celebrated today to spread awareness about quality generic medicines, available at low prices. During this event, bike rallies, padyatra’s and human chain activities were organized by the team of BPPI, Jan Aushadhi Mitra and Jan Aushadhi Kendra owners, across the country. Through these events, the public were informed about the efficacy and potency of the generic medicines which are being sold at Jan Aushadhi kendras at much lower prices thus bursting the common myth of people about the generic medicines.
A medicine under PMBJP is priced on the principle of a maximum of 50% of the average price of top three branded medicines. Therefore, the price of Jan Aushadhi Medicines is cheaper at least by 50% and in some cases, by 90% of the market price of branded medicines. In the current financial year 2020-21, PMBJP achieved sales of Rs. 593.84 crores  till 5th March, 2021. This has led to savings of approximately Rs. 3600 crores of the common citizens of the country.
Jan Aushadhi Diwas 2021 week is being celebrated across the country through more than 7400 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras. Jan Aushadhi Kendra owners are organising different activities for generating awareness about health and hygiene. The celebrations began on 1st March 2021 by hosting Health Check-up Camps that provided Blood Pressure Check-up, Sugar level Check-up, free doctor consultation, free medicine distribution, etc. followed by the second day wherein ‘Jan Aushadhi Paricharcha’ was hosted by team BPPI, Jan Aushadhi Mitra and Jan Aushadhi Kendra owners in collaboration with doctors, hospitals, clinics and other stakeholders. On 3rd day of Jan Aushadhi Diwas week i.e. on 3rd March, 2021, team BPPI, Jan Aushadhi Mitra and Jan Aushadhi Kendra owners celebrated this day on the line of ‘Teach Them Young’, across the country. During this activity, officials of BPPI visited schools, colleges, pharmacy colleges and other institutions and interacted with students. On 4th day, PMBJP participated in the activities and hosted the camps to educate the females about the usages of Sanitary Pads. 5th day of this week was celebrated with the theme of ‘Jan Aushadhi ka Sath’, dedicated to our senior citizens.
The celebrations of Jan Aushadhi Diwas week 2021 will conclude tomorrow on 7th March, 2021. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will address the ‘Janaushadhi Diwas’ celebrations on 7th March, 2021 at 10 AM via video conferencing.
Ministry of Education
Department of School Education and Literacy to celebrate iconic week from 17th January - 21st January,2022
Department of School Education and Literacy will be celebrating the iconic week under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav from 17th January - 21st January,2022.
As part of the iconic week, the Department of School Education and Literacy will organize a series of events . These will include a two-day International webinar on Toys and Games to Play, Make and Learn, 27th National Annual Conference of Sahodaya School Complexes and a webinar on Inclusive Education.
The Webinar on Inclusive Education will be organised in partnership with Atal Innovation Mission , on 17.01.2022 through virtual and physical mode. The theme of the webinar will be ‘Ed Tech start-ups focused on children with special needs’. Senior Officers of the Ministry of Education, Principals State IE coordinators, parents and other Stakeholders will participate in the event. The main objective of the webinar is to make parents and teachers aware about the technology and assistive devices available for children with Special Needs.
CBSE will organize the 27th edition of National Conference of its Sahodaya School Complexes on the theme ‘PUNARNAVA – REDISCOVERY OF INDIA @75’ in collaboration with the Sahodaya School Complex, Gwalior on 17th and 18th January 2022 in a hybrid mode.The conference aims to engage participants in co-creating and contributing towards a sustainable future. It also aims at enabling the Principals and Management of CBSE affiliated schools to understand the new policies and innovative practices that have been launched by the Board in pursuance of NEP 2020.
A two day International Webinar will be organised on 20th and 21st January 2022, with the aim of rediscovering the role of toys in cognitive development of children and to promote the art of creating toys with help of low/no cost materials which are not only environmentally sustainable but ignite creativity collaboration and problem-solving skills in children. During two days of the Webinar, focus will be on different aspects of toys at all stages of school education across all subjects and their mapping; pedagogical implications of toys; toys and games as learning through play and make; living/ local tradition of toy making; courses for designing toys and games as skill courses in school Education etc. The outcome of the Webinar will lay a roadmap for infusion and integration of toys and games in education at all stages.
The Department of Higher Education is also being organized from 10th January - 17th January, 2022 under the name 'National Innovation Week'. The Innovation week highlighted the various initiatives undertaken to spread awareness to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in India. An E-Symposium on ‘Building Innovation Ecosystem in Educational Institutions’, webinar on cyber security empowerment of Higher Education Institutions, virtual launch of capacity building of faculty as master trainers for Community Based Participatory Research  as part of Unnat Bharat were organized during the iconic week.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 101 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 11.12 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccinemanufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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VACCINE DOSES
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SUPPLIED
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1,01,51,66,665
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BALANCE AVAILABLE
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11,12,33,325
More than 101crore vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than11.12Cr balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Earth Sciences
India will soon acquire its fastest Supercomputer and it will start operations by next March, says Shri Kiren Rijiju
Union Minister of Earth Sciences visits NCMRWF, Noida
India will soon acquire its fastest Supercomputer worth Rupees 900 crore and it is expected to start functioning by March next year, said Shri Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of Earth Sciences. In his first visit to a research centre under the Ministry since assuming charge, Shri Rijiju said with its acquisition India will acquire the weather monitoring mechanism with the highest resolution of probabilistic forecast. The Minister was addressing the media during his visit to the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting  in NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh today.
“The new computer can improve forecasting from 12 to 6 kms. Compared to the Cray XC-40 supercomputer ‘Mihir’ with a performance of 6.8 petaFLOPS , India’s fastest supercomputer at present, the new supercomputer will have nearly thrice the capability, viz 18 PFLOPS,” said Shri Rijiji. “The facilities at this world class centre will benefit all sectors, all sections of the society, in fact every individual of the country is going to get the benefit directly from this institution,” he added.
Shri Rijiju said India’s weather forecasting capability are improving day by day. “Under the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s leadership, India has made significant advances in the application of Science & Technology. We are also extending weather forecasts to countries in the neighbourhood and beyond,” he said.
The premises of NCMRWF, the Centre of Excellence in Weather and Climate Modelling, also hosts the BIMSTEC Centre on Weather and Climate  of the regional grouping ‘Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation’ , comprising seven Member States, - five from South Asia, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and two from Southeast Asia, including Myanmar and Thailand.
Shri Rijiju said the NCMRWF is a leading institution of its kind in the world. “It’s a matter of great pride for India that our NCMRWF is going to be the world class centre,” he said.
Shri Rijiju was briefed by Dr M. Ravichandran, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences; Dr. V.S. Prasad, Head and other senior scientists of the NCMRWF.
Special Service and Features
Distinguished Atomic Energy Scientist Shri K.V. Suresh Kumar takes charges as Chairman and Managing Director of BHAVINI
Shri K.V. Suresh Kumar, Distinguished Scientist of Department of Atomic Energy has assumed charge as Chairman and Managing Director of BharatiyaNabhikiyaVidyut Nigam Limited  on 2nd December 2022 at Kalpakkam. His tenure will be for three years.
Shri Suresh Kumar is a graduate in Chemical Engineering and joined Department of Atomic Energy at BARC Training School in Mumbai  in1985. He joined in the operations of Fast Breeder Test Reactor  in 1986 and was involved in the commissioning of various system of FBTR such as Sodium heated Steam Generators, Steam & Water system and Turbo-Generator. He was involved in the first raising of reactor power and carried out physics & engineering tests for validating the assumptions made in the design. He has got vast experience in Reactor operation, operation of sodium systems, steam and water system, turbine & its auxiliaries and all other auxiliary systems in FBTR. He was instrumental in carrying out many plant modifications and contributed in improving the availability factor of the plant. He shouldered many responsibilities in the plant and was Director, Reactor Facilities Group from 2016 to November 2022 and was responsible for operation of FBTR, KAMINI Reactor and Fuel Fabrication Facility.
During his tenure, with his technical and leadership abilities, FBTR power was raised to its design power level of 40 MW feeding electricity to the grid. In addition to his responsibility in Reactor Facilities Group, he was also involved in the Project Design Safety review of PFBR by leading many committees constituted by Atomic Energy Regulatory Board .
With these commendable background, he has taken over charge as CMD during the crucial phase of the company in leading towards successful realization of the commercial operation of PFBR project.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM expresses gratitude to Indian scientists on National Technology Day
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed gratitude to our brilliant scientists and their efforts that led to the successful Pokhran tests in 1998.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"Today, on National Technology Day, we express gratitude to our brilliant scientists and their efforts that led to the successful Pokhran tests in 1998. We remember with pride the exemplary leadership of Atal Ji who showed outstanding political courage and statesmanship."
Ministry of Home Affairs
Misuse of ‘Cyber Crime Volunteer Programme'
‘Police’ and ‘Public Order’ are State subjects as per the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. States/UTs are primarily responsible for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of crimes through their Law Enforcement Agencies . The LEAs take legal action as per provisions of law against the offenders. The challenges of cyber space are many which flow from its vastness and borderless character. Ministry of Home Affairs  has established Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre  in New Delhi to provide a framework and eco-system for LEAs to deal with cyber crimes in a coordinated and comprehensive manner.
Cyber Crime Volunteer Framework has been rolled out as a part of cyber hygiene promotion to bring together citizens to contribute in the fight against cybercrime in the country and assist State/UT LEAs in their endeavour to curb cyber crimes. The volunteers will be registered and their services utilized by the respective State/UT Police Agencies, as per their requirements. Cyber Volunteers will be registered, following the due process and they will be required to furnish ID proof, address proof, photograph etc. They will assist State/UT LEAs for cyber hygiene promotion, as technical experts, and for reporting of content which is unlawful as per provisions of law. The content reported shall be verified and validated by the State/UT LEAs for taking appropriate action as per the existing provisions of law. There is no discretion in the hands of cyber volunteer.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply to question in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Funds Allocation Under Poshan Abhiyan
POSHAN Abhiyaan  was launched on 8th March, 2018 with the vision of a malnutrition-free India. The Abhiyaan aims to reduce malnutrition from the country in a phased manner and achieve improvement in nutritional status of Children from 0-6 years, Adolescent Girls, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers in a time bound manner. Under POSHAN Abhiyaan, in order to address malnutrition, the budgetary allocation is for programme components such as ICT Application, Convergence, Community Mobilization, Behavioural Change & Jan Andolan, Capacity Building, Incentives and Awards, and Innovation.
The State/UT wise statement of funds allocated / utlised under POSHAN Abhiyaan till 1st January, 2022 is at Annexure 1.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Annexure 1
State/UT wise statement of funds released and funds utilized under POSHAN Abhiyaan

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SN
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|
States/UTs
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|
Total Central Funds released till 01.01.2022
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|
Total Central Funds utilised as on 01.01.2022
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|
1
|
|
ANDAMAN& NICOBAR ISLANDS
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|
824.51
|
|
413.54
|
|
2
|
|
ANDHRA PRADESH
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|
25363.32
|
|
17560.81
|
|
3
|
|
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
|
|
2815.88
|
|
1064.21
|
|
4
|
|
ASSAM
|
|
32948.67
|
|
21276.28
|
|
5
|
|
BIHAR
|
|
49365.59
|
|
30678.39
|
|
6
|
|
CHANDIGARH
|
|
767.38
|
|
513.96
|
|
7
|
|
CHHATTISGARH
|
|
11434.54
|
|
7303.88
|
|
8
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|
DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI and DAMAN & DIU
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|
1196.11
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|
769.67
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|
9
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DELHI
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|
3327.18
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|
2549.6
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|
10
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GOA
|
|
455.95
|
|
249.13
|
|
11
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GUJARAT
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|
29127.69
|
|
22074.12
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|
12
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|
HARYANA
|
|
6808.82
|
|
5790.88
|
|
13
|
|
HIMACHAL PRADESH
|
|
10895.41
|
|
7711.43
|
|
14
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|
JAMMU & KASHMIR
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|
9224.35
|
|
9160.82
|
|
15
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|
JHARKHAND
|
|
6665.8
|
|
5467.55
|
|
16
|
|
KARNATAKA
|
|
14276.52
|
|
13221.94
|
|
17
|
|
KERALA
|
|
10444.89
|
|
7474.28
|
|
18
|
|
LADAKH
|
|
118.768
|
|
9.94
|
|
19
|
|
LAKSHADWEEP
|
|
425.62
|
|
356.05
|
|
20
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|
MADHYA PRADESH
|
|
39398.53
|
|
20087.83
|
|
21
|
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
|
60810.326
|
|
43714.39
|
|
22
|
|
MANIPUR
|
|
4389.99
|
|
3714.79
|
|
23
|
|
MEGHALAYA
|
|
5073.386
|
|
5073.386
|
|
24
|
|
MIZORAM
|
|
2575.03
|
|
2575.03
|
|
25
|
|
NAGALAND
|
|
5263.99
|
|
5263.99
|
|
26
|
|
ODISHA
|
|
15172.11
|
|
15172.11
|
|
27
|
|
PUDUCHERRY
|
|
943.62
|
|
264.58
|
|
28
|
|
PUNJAB
|
|
6909.84
|
|
30.24
|
|
29
|
|
RAJASTHAN
|
|
22904.21
|
|
12258.06
|
|
30
|
|
SIKKIM
|
|
1370.98
|
|
1370.98
|
|
31
|
|
TAMIL NADU
|
|
25060.44
|
|
21879.36
|
|
32
|
|
TELANGANA
|
|
17906.84
|
|
15786.92
|
|
33
|
|
TRIPURA
|
|
4135.95
|
|
3774.79
|
|
34
|
|
UTTAR PRADESH
|
|
56968.96
|
|
41834.8
|
|
35
|
|
UTTARAKHAND
|
|
13574.89
|
|
10769.92
|
|
36
|
|
WEST BENGAL
|
|
26751.08
|
|
0
|
|
Total
|
|
525697.18
|
|
357217.66
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Scheme for Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourer, 2016
An amount of Rs. 33.00 crore has been allocated for the Central Sector Scheme for Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourer, 2016 from 2016-17 to 2019-20.
Since 2016, the year-wise expenditure under CSS 2016 for Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourers is as follows:
Rs. In Lakh
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2016-17
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|
2017-18
|
|
2018-19
|
|
2019-20
|
|
260.70
|
|
664.50
|
|
253.50
|
|
05.00 
Under the Central Sector Scheme for Rehabilitation of Bonded Laoburer- 2016, a bonded labour rehabilitation fund is created at the District level by each State with a permanent corpus of at least Rs.10 Lakh at the disposal of the District Magistrate. This fund is utilized for extending immediate financial help to the released bonded labour. Immediate financial assistance up to Rs.20,000/- per bonded labour is provided by the concerned District Magistrate from the corpus fund. This amount is fully reimbursed by the Central Government to the State Government. The onus of providing corpus to the Districts for the rehabilitation of the bonded labour is on the State Government and no such data is maintained by the Central Government.
This information was given by Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State  for Labour and Employment in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Stakeholder Consultation on Skill Sets for Survey Specialists/Enumerators
A consultation was organized by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation  at New Delhi today with various stakeholders for evolving a framework to develop and nurture the sector for skilled survey enumerators and specialists, including for data quality under the skilling ecosystem so as to address the needs of organizations to have a pool of qualified and skilled persons that can undertake surveys professionally and who can be hired by agencies and manpower consultants.
The consultation was chaired by Shri Pravin Srivastava, Chief Statistician of India-cum-Secretary, MoSPI Dr. K. P. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship  addressed the stakeholders on skill development initiatives of MSDE and demand driven employment opportunities for survey enumerators/specialists in the market for being deployed in household, establishments and consumer based surveys. The focus of the consultation was to share experiences amongst the organizations involved in survey activities and Qualification Packs  for field surveys enumerators, field supervisors and data quality executives developed by Management & Entrepreneurship and Professional Skill Council  through NSDC arrangements. Representatives of National Council of Applied Economic Research , National Skill Development Council , International Institute of Population Sciences , RBI, Tata Trusts, etc. welcomed this unique initiative by MoSPI in improving the skilling ecosystem for undertaking surveys professionally. Several agencies involved with survey work, including research & training institutes, international agencies, Government Ministries/ Departments, and consultancy firms, participated actively in the event and gave useful suggestions.